Pronunciation lessons with Fernehalwes

[Adelpha]

GamerEscape recently posted this interview with Fernehalwes where he sits down and shows the community how to pronounce some of XIV's most difficult words. Also some bonus lore tidbits in there about Sahagin and Goblin language! I thought it was very interesting and well worth the 15 minutes to listen to.

 

[Varus]

This video made me realize I REALLY can't speak French.

[Aysun]

I don't pronounce anything wrong.. Text and all..

 

Ehehe.

[ForestGuardian]

I've got a question about Roegadyn pronunciations...

 

Y: A long 'e' such as the 'ea' in 'eat' or the first 'e' in 'Steve'

Alyr (alder) would be pronounced 'ah-leer'

Blyss (blossom) would be pronounced like 'bleece' (rhymes with 'fleece')

 

So "y" = "ee"...? 

 

But I heard him say "Roo (hate that it's not "row") - guh - din"... 

 

Is it not "Roo gah deen"? I'm not fond of it, and really prefer "Row gah din"... But-... I dunno. I also prefer male surnames as ending in "sin" rather than "seen" (spelled syn).

[PeriasGift]

Thank you so much for posting this! I've been guessing on most (okay, all) of the names.

[Seohyun]

Great find, was pretty interesting.

[LandStander]

I needed this sooo much. I might have a chance of actually pronouncing my characters name now!

 

Pfft, Elezen and their fancy french names.

[Kari Illderthane]

Pfft, Elezen and their fancy french names.

And this is why mine is named Kari >_>

[Nimba]

"Bahamewt"

 

I can't stop laughing. Halp, how do I stop laughing? :?

[Havoc Snow]

As someone who is fluent in Irish Gaelic, I just want to state that he actually pronounces Cait Sith incorrectly (though to be fair he said he wasn't certain). Cait Sith is pronounced how he originally says it, Cat Shee, and depending on the dialect (Irish or Scottish Gaelic) it's either spelled Cat/Cait Sìth (Scottish) or Cat Sidhe (Irish). It basically means Cat Fairy.

[Martiallais]

Ha! That was pretty helpful as I was definitely mispronouncing more than a few words/names myself. LOL.